Michael Fremer | Stereophile

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[cnccnc]

I have only cables. No amplifier, no turntables, no cds no nothing. Just cables. They're sound great. I can listen to them all day long.

[antoniobolgnameyerwe]

This guy is nuts. You don't have to spend $18, 000 on cables. You can get equally good sound for $12, 500. Easy.

[JoaoLopes-]

The story of the stroke victim man that was aware that his collection was being sold for a $1 / record but could not speak left me heartbroken. Probably the biggest lesson I took from this tour...
I shall teach my wife about all my precious items, even if she doesn't understand.

[ABC-uh]

yeah... Alan Parsons: “Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment”

[ianpickering]

I’m sure you probably never look at comments from some of your old videos but just want to say how much I enjoyed this. I’m from England and you made it so interesting, amusing and matter of fact with great stories about your collection. It’s your money to spend and knowing the pleasure you can get listening to great music and artists I just appreciate what you have. Thank you and now I’m subscribed will keep watching you.

[dougle]

As a sound engineer the two most significant differences to sound reproduction is: 1. Room acoustics and 2. Room acoustics. Certainly not the mains power cables! - If you're that bothered, how about an external triple filtered DC mains supply instead? One thing I do notice about all deluded audio snobs is that they love telling anyone within earshot the price/cost.... I'm convinced that this level of gear is firmly about bragging rights than it is about raw sound quality.

[phpn]

Some people buy yachts. This is just gentle madness but madness nonetheless. The reproduction gear is more sophisticated than the recording gear. It's nonsense. I used to own that level of equipment (Wilsons, Spectral, you name it); spent as much on audio as people spend on a house. Not anymore. It sounded great, no doubt, but it shifted my attention from the music to the sound. I've rediscovered the emotion of music by going back to cheap but clean gear. I own Schiit Audio and KEF LS-50 and I've got the goose bumps I had as a teenager. My kit costs less than one of my cables used to cost and I feel both happy about it and less of a manic fool.

[kurtlyons]

Why don't you talk about the wiring in the wall going back to your fuse panel or circuit breakers and then out to the telephone pole and then the miles and miles of wiring going back to the power plant. And then there's the argument about the audible differences between Siemens, General Electric and Westinghouse power plants. And coal versus gas versus hydro versus nuclear. $1000 6 foot long power cables are a joke!

[youtert]

You know you have a problem when you're taking out a mortgage to buy an amplifier.

[guitarman]

musician shows up at recording studio with $5 road/gig beaten instrument cables and any random power cord for the amp to make the recording. Audiophiles decide they need $50k of cables in order to reproduce this sound.

[Albert-bhd]

Thanks Michael, this make my day. I am one of this young people that started collecting LP at 25 years old... Regards.

[MalteWilsen]

That man is way ahead: I listen to music, he listens to CABLE.

[Waitaminutesilly]

Good heavens, I sincerely hope that you have an excellent water damage coverage by your insurance company.

[thomasgrim]

Fantastic tour and I absolutely love the history and your sense of humor!

[whosthis]

I have a 512gb iPod Classic 7th gen, going through an Apple Universal dock, into a B&K ST2140 power amp driving Paradigm Studio 20 v5 speakers. I'm very satisfied. So there!

[AmericanConstellation]

You nailed it about having records. The memories are incredible. You remember when you bought them....where you were...what you were doing. It's incredible. Younger people don't know what they are missing. I'm 61...have tons of records that I've bought since the of them are mint! I thank God I took good care of them and kept them. Also I have tons of CD's. Now people have been convinced those are out. This is a great time to buy CD's for cheap. Get a good CD player with a DAC!

[hodag]

Thank you for allowing your readers to visit your listening room, Michael! It's a real treat!

[Jamie.Laszlo]

My actual arm on my body isn't worth 30k.

[JammingWave]

I will be scared with that water tank sitting aside that precious sounding room

[sheri]

I love this guy for one reason, he's always true to what he believes in whatever it's right or wrong and he has a sense of humor. Although I won't ever own these type of equipment and not a fan of modern stuff I like to see where the technology is going.